... based on a sample of 10% census records (1851). His results showed that 23% of households in Preston were mostly extended families as they included kin beyond the nuclear family. He suggests that the process of industrialisation may have strengthened the need for reliance of the extended family being as they were the dominant in industrial families. Anderson's main concern was with the working class families for whom kin may have been a mutual support in times of need, due to the poor living conditions in early industrial period and as there was no welfare state (1948). Peter Laslett researched the patterns of the family life in England Industrial Revolution; he conducted his research from parish records. As a result of his research he provides evidence that the large extended family households were relatively uncommon in the Pre Industrial society. He concluded that 10% of households in England (1564 - 1821) ...

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